Top 102 'I Am Me' Quotes To Remind You That You Are Perfect As You Are

Moumita Dutta
Dec 12, 2023 By Moumita Dutta
Originally Published on Feb 11, 2021
Edited by Monisha Kochhar
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Saying 'I Am Me' is about self-confidence.

When people are confident with their life and how things are, there is nothing in the world that can make them feel unhappy. People need to believe in a better tomorrow and keep hope.

These 'I Am Me' quotes and sayings include 'I Am Me' quotes for girls and 'I Am Me' quotes for boys. If you want 'I Am Me' quotes for Facebook, we also have cute 'I Am Me' quotes and funny 'I Am Me' quotes.

There are also 'I'm Glad I Am Me' quotes for you. After all, it is true that the world does need enough kindness and that starts with yourself.

If you like these quotes check out good enough quotes and good people quotes.

Inspirational 'I Am Me' Quotes

'I Am Me' quotes are largely motivational and here are a few to inspire you.

1. "But to be what I am, to live what I was meant to live, to want to sound like no one else, to yield the blossoms dictated to my heart: this is what I want - and this surely cannot be arrogance."

- Rainer Maria Rilke.

2. "I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not."

- Kurt Cobain.

3. "I am to be cherished, spoiled, celebrated because I Am!"

- Emmanuella Raphaelle.

4. "If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when?"

- Rabbi Hillel.

5. "I’m not everything I want to be, but I’m more than I was, and I’m still learning."

- Charlotte Eriksson.

6. "I am not a has-been. I am a will be."

- Lauren Bacall.

7. "Sometime I think; and sometime I am."

- Paul Valéry.

8. "I am not afraid... I was born to do this."

- Joan of Arc.

9. "I am not what I once used to be, and by the grace of God I am what I am."

- John Newton.

10. "I can, therefore I am."

- Simone Weil.

11. "What follows two small words has the power to change your life.

What are those words?

I Am…"

- Charles F Glassman.

12. "I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day."

- James Joyce.

13. "I am never in control of what happens around me but I am always in control that what happens within me."

- Pranita Deshpande.

14. "I don't care what people think or say about me, I know who I am."

- Jonathan Davis.

15. "I'm made through the image and likeness of the Supreme God so in his image and likeness, I AM Supreme."

- Jose R. Coronado.

16. "I am what is mine. Personality is the original personal property."

- Norman O. Brown.

17. "I am, before, during and after all conditions. I am a constant that is never altered by the temporal. I am!"

- Dr. Jacinta Mpalyenkana.

18. "God made me the way I am, and I accept myself. I am who I am, and I'm proud of myself."

- Caster Semenya.

19. "Right Now, Right Here - I am nameless, undivided, unlimited, untouched source of life in which bodies come and go like waves in the ocean."

- Himanshu Sharma.

20. "I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself."

- Pietro Aretino.

Self-Confidence Quotes

If you're someone who always believes that they can't get something called happiness in life, these quotes will change the way your mind works.

21. “Confidence is everything. Confidence is what makes that simple white tee and jeans look good.”

– Ciara.

22. “Live from the heart of yourself. Seek to be whole, not perfect.”

— Oprah Winfrey.

23. “Confidence is a lot of this game or any game. If you don’t think you can, you won’t.”

– Jerry West.

24. “Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.”

— Lucille Ball.

25. “Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.”

– George Herbert.

26. “A flower does not think of competing to the flower next to it. It just blooms.”

— Zen Shin.

27. “Confidence comes from hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication.”

– Robert Staubach.

28. “Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.”

— E. E. Cummings.

29. “The most beautiful thing you can wear is confidence.”

Blake Lively.

30. “Your path doesn’t look like anybody else’s because it can’t, it shouldn’t, and it won’t.”

— Eleanor Brownn.

31. “When you have confidence, you can do anything.”

– Sloane Stevens.

32. “Loving yourself isn’t vanity. It’s sanity.”

— Katrina Mayer.

33. “In fact, the confidence of the people is worth more than money.”

– Carter G. Woodson.

34. “Find out who you are and do it on purpose.”

— Dolly Parton.

35. “When you have a lot of confidence and you feel like nobody can beat you, it’s game over for everyone else.”

– Jason Day.

36. “Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.”

— Coco Chanel.

37. “As is our confidence, so is our capacity.”

– William Hazlitt.

38. "You have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving yourself and see what happens."

Louise Hay.

39. “Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.”

– Vince Lombardi.

40. “If you want to improve your self-worth, stop giving other people the calculator.”

— Tim Fargo.

'Proud Of Who I Am' Quotes

Are you someone who always desires change? Is that a matter which imbibes a feeling of pride in you? Anyone who is feeling this way will relate to these words.

41. "The one thing I am most proud of myself is that I know how to keep my cool and not be intimidated - anyone can be beat."

- Perdita Felicien.

42. "I try to do one thing a day that makes me proud of myself."

- Rita Ora.

43. "I'm kind of proud of myself. I've been able to keep a certain grace about me, even in the times of disgrace and craziness."

- Pamela Anderson.

44. "I'm proud of myself, people love me and respect me, and I like me. I like who I am."

- Ellen Greene.

45. "I'm proud of myself. I like the way I'm made."

- Freida Pinto.

46. "I don't sort of sit in a chair and pompously feel proud of myself about all the things we might have accomplished."

- Vidal Sassoon.

47. "Success to me is being happy, truly fulfilled, being proud of myself, and doing different things all the time."

- Leighton Meester.

48. "I'm proud of myself that I had the courage to experiment with crazy hairstyles and some fashion things."

- John Slattery.

49. "I'm very proud of myself because I have come so close to just giving up and I haven't done that."

- Brandy Norwood.

50. "I just pinch myself, because I think if there's anything I can be proud of, I've survived success, which I think is difficult these days."

- TobyMac.

51. "If I leave my phone in the car and go to dinner or something for a few hours, I'm very proud of myself."

- Spike Jonze.

52. "One thing that I am proud of: I am really capable of laughing at myself."

- Penelope Cruz.

53. "My nature is to be linear, and when I'm not, I feel really proud of myself."

- Cynthia Weil.

54. "A laugh is a weird sound, and when you get a couple thousand people making it at once, it's really strange. But when I can feel proud of myself for causing it, it's great."

- Billy Crystal.

55. "I'm so proud of myself. I worked with anger, with the darkest things in the world."

- Courtney Love.

56. "If you want to be proud of yourself, then do things in which you can take pride."

- Karen Horney.

57. "I'm stupidly proud of myself."

- Sienna Miller.

58. "I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him."

- Abraham Lincoln.

59. "For the first time in my life, I'm proud of myself"

- Mary J. Blige.

60. "I hope you live a life you're proud of."

- F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Self-Love Quotes

Are your true desires to love yourself more than your love for another 'someone'? Anyone and everyone can read these best and free quotes about self-love.

61. “Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on.”

- Maxwell Maltz.

62. “To be beautiful means to be yourself.”

– Thich Nhat Hanh.

63. "When you make a mistake, respond to yourself in a loving way rather than a self-shaming way."

Ellie Holcomb.

64. “My willingness to be intimate with my own deep feelings creates the space for intimacy with another.”

– Shakti Gawain.

65. "Everyone of us needs to show how much we care for each other and, in the process, care for ourselves."

- Diana, Princess of Wales.

66. “Find the love you seek, by first finding the love within yourself.”

– Sri Ravi Shankar.

67. “Remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.”

- Oprah Winfrey.

68. “I love myself for I am a beloved child of the universe and the universe lovingly takes care of me now.”

– Louise Hay.

69."This life is mine alone. So I have stopped asking people for directions to places they've never been."

- Glennon Doyle.

70. “A loving person lives in a loving world.”

– Ken Keyes.

71. “Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we’ll ever do.”

- Brené Brown.

72. “Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.”

– Malcolm S. Forbes.

73. “To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness.”

- Robert Morley.

74. “Self respect, self worth and self love, all start with self.”

– Rob Liano.

75. “Be healthy and take care of yourself, but be happy with the beautiful things that make you, you.”

- Beyoncé.

76. “If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.”

– Jack Kornfield.

77. “A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.”

- Mark Twain.

78. “Do your thing and don’t care if they like it.”

– Tina Fey.

79. “Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.”

- M. Scott Peck.

80. “Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”

– Carl Gustav Jung.

Being Real Quotes

These best being real quotes are absolutely free. So what are you waiting for? Read on.

81. "Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness."    

- Allen Ginsberg.

82. “Wake up to realities! Real life is all about real things!”  

– Ernest Agyemang Yeboah.

83. "Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it."

- Bruce Lee.

84. “When you ask a person to jump, his attention is mostly directed toward the act of jumping and the mask falls so that the real person appears.”

- Philippe Halsman.

85. "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life."

- Steve Jobs.

86. “If you can be anything, be real.”  

– Nikki Rowe.

87. "Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing."

- Aesop.

88. “Flattery does not encourage the perfect flow of love in the vein of your relationship. Be genuine and speak out what you feel for each other without hiding the painful truth.”

– Michael Bassey Johnson.

89. "Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are."

- Julius Charles Hare.

90. “The secret to your purpose is to find what you feel is important, and not pursue what others would think is important.”  

– Shannon L. Alder.

91. "You were born an original. Don t die a copy."

- John Mason.

92. "Real is better, the truth is better. Painful but better."

– Cath Crowley.

93. "But above all, in order to be, never try to seem."

- Albert Camus.

94. “I would rather wear honest tears than the most beautiful and elaborately faked smile.”

– Tyler Knott Gregson.

95. "To be natural is such a very difficult pose to keep up."

- Oscar Wilde.

96. “It’s okay to love something a little too much, as long as it’s real to you.”  

– Gerard Way.

97. "Forget about being impressive and commit to being real. Because being real is impressive!"

- Jonathan Harnisch.

98. “You will remain where you are… until you change your mindset.”  

– A. Steve-Ifeoluwa.

99. "Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else."

- Judy Garland.

100. “You shouldn’t have to pretend to be as excited as I am just to make me happy. If it comes to that, you shouldn’t have to pretend to be anything around me. Friends should be real with each other”

– J.M. Richards.

101. "Being real is what keeps me humble. It doesn't matter how much money I make or how much I accomplish. What's critical is staying real to myself and keeping my feet on the ground. That's what helps keep me going."

- Anuel AA.

102. "I'm a blunt person, not mean-spirited. I come from a place of love, but I'm interested in being real."

- Tracy McMillan.

Here at Kidadl, we have carefully created lots of interesting family-friendly quotes for everyone to enjoy! If you liked our suggestions for 'I Am Me' quotes then why not take a look at good times quotes, and childhood friends quotes.

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Written by Moumita Dutta

Bachelor of Arts specializing in Journalism and Mass Communication, Postgraduate Diploma in Sports Management

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Moumita DuttaBachelor of Arts specializing in Journalism and Mass Communication, Postgraduate Diploma in Sports Management

A content writer and editor with a passion for sports, Moumita has honed her skills in producing compelling match reports and stories about sporting heroes. She holds a degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management, Calcutta University, alongside a postgraduate diploma in Sports Management.

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